Nobody in Ohio just pays property tax. People also pay sales tax and income tax. Everyone’s tax burden is a three-legged stool. Today’s property tax crisis didn’t just emerge overnight. It’s been 20 years in the making. It creates unfair burdens on local governments and those on a fixed income, but it is also out-of-balance when you compare Ohio to its nine Great Lakes and neighboring states.

The solution is to rebalance the stool in a fair and sustainable manner. Gov. Mike DeWine has created the Property Tax Reform Working Group, which made its policy recommendations late yesterday . But it will not find true solutions if it is only looking at one leg of the stool.

Here is why Ohio is out of balance: According to the Ohio Children’s Budget for March 2025, “Since 2005. Ohio has shift

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